Ruth Institute Blog

Evidently, some self-described feminists have no regrets about the hook-up culture, and are stressed out about the “back-lash” of a “new wave of anti-orgasmic sexual conservatism.” S.T. Karnick dissects their pity party. Oh wait. He didn’t call it that. I called it that. In any case, here is Karnick’s bottom line:

I sympathize with Grose’s dismay at the world not being exactly as she wishes it to be, but I find her article (and others like it) charmingly transparent in their elitist hunger for power: women should be free to do whatever they want, provided that they want what feminists such as Grose want them to want.

What does this mean for the future of feminism? Who knows? But the grotesque crassness of the past decade may well have brought about at least one very good consequence: the tawdry reality behind the ideals of orgasm-obsessed feminists such as Grose has been laid bare for all to see and judge for themselves. Now that’s liberation.

Read it all here. I love it, I must say.

Should colleges handle rape allegations interally? That’s the question. posed by this post over at NRO. In this case, the young man had absolutely no due process whatsoever, after being hounded out of school by an allegation that was never substantiated.
Here is another twist on this question: if an criminal act (rape) is alleged, why are not the police contacted, so a genuine investigation can be done, complete with genuine standards of evidence and proof? Read more…

Can we judge the status of a woman by her pay check? Have women arrived when they have half the seats in the legislature and their husbands do half the chores at home? This is Part I of a symposium by Mercatornet.com on improving the status of women by 2020.

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse’s take on the situation:

I have a radical idea for promoting the dignity of women: the idea that giving birth to children inside marriage is good and worthy use of one’s time and talent. This idea has come under assault from many directions. Read more…